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Is that possible? Don't the airlines swap planes at the last minute?

llamaimperative 2y ago
Obviously it's not possible to guarantee but it's definitely possible to reduce your chances of being on a Boeing aircraft.
largbae 2y ago
It is not perfect, but most airlines will try not to swap plane models as it breaks all the seating assignments. I think the older Boeing planes through 737-900 are as safe as ever. 737-MAX+ and 787 seem to be where the design process went awry. Even then, there seem to be known workarounds to the bugs. For what it's worth, I still fly on them all, I just remember to tell my family I love them before takeoff when the safety card has MAX on the label.
- throwup238 2y ago
  > For what it's worth, I still fly on them all, I just remember to tell my family I love them before takeoff when the safety card has MAX on the label. That’s Boeing’s new business. Bringing families together by threatening them with death by giant fireball!
tamimio 2y ago
If you go to the airline website (or even other booking sites) and click on details you can see the flight, operator, and the aircraft. In fact, some websites (I think kayak) can even filter by including or excluding aircraft specific models. In worst cases, you might need to know the aircraft from the seat map. From my experience they rarely change what’s the aircraft, if they had it written, most likely it is the aircraft that you will fly with.
- kqr 2y ago
  > some websites (I think kayak) can even filter by including or excluding aircraft specific models. This feature was added for people who wanted to avoid newer Boeing models, for context. Nobody cared what model they flew before the 737 max.
ta1243 2y ago
It's unlikely that BA will put a Boeing on a London-Rome flight as they don't operate short-haul Boeing planes. Yes they could put a long haul on there, yes they could wet-lease another one, but those are very unlikely situations. If you choose to fly Ryanair on the route instead, you are almost certain to get a Boeing 737. If you care enough then you have to vote with your wallet, it's the only say you have.
jules-jules 2y ago
You can fly an all airbus carrier to avoid this scenario. JetBlue for instance in the US.
- xvector 2y ago
  It is not even worth the brain time to think about this when, if you take the past decade of domestic commercial aviation, you're 150,000x more likely to die on your drive to the airport.

Obviously it's not possible to guarantee but it's definitely possible to reduce your chances of being on a Boeing aircraft.

largbae 2y ago

It is not perfect, but most airlines will try not to swap plane models as it breaks all the seating assignments. I think the older Boeing planes through 737-900 are as safe as ever. 737-MAX+ and 787 seem to be where the design process went awry. Even then, there seem to be known workarounds to the bugs. For what it's worth, I still fly on them all, I just remember to tell my family I love them before takeoff when the safety card has MAX on the label.

throwup238 2y ago
> For what it's worth, I still fly on them all, I just remember to tell my family I love them before takeoff when the safety card has MAX on the label. That’s Boeing’s new business. Bringing families together by threatening them with death by giant fireball!

tamimio 2y ago

If you go to the airline website (or even other booking sites) and click on details you can see the flight, operator, and the aircraft. In fact, some websites (I think kayak) can even filter by including or excluding aircraft specific models. In worst cases, you might need to know the aircraft from the seat map. From my experience they rarely change what’s the aircraft, if they had it written, most likely it is the aircraft that you will fly with.

kqr 2y ago
> some websites (I think kayak) can even filter by including or excluding aircraft specific models. This feature was added for people who wanted to avoid newer Boeing models, for context. Nobody cared what model they flew before the 737 max.

ta1243 2y ago

It's unlikely that BA will put a Boeing on a London-Rome flight as they don't operate short-haul Boeing planes. Yes they could put a long haul on there, yes they could wet-lease another one, but those are very unlikely situations. If you choose to fly Ryanair on the route instead, you are almost certain to get a Boeing 737. If you care enough then you have to vote with your wallet, it's the only say you have.

jules-jules 2y ago

You can fly an all airbus carrier to avoid this scenario. JetBlue for instance in the US.

xvector 2y ago
It is not even worth the brain time to think about this when, if you take the past decade of domestic commercial aviation, you're 150,000x more likely to die on your drive to the airport.